{pth, Balthayock} {Oliphant of Gask} Be it kende til al me(n) be
y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res me alex(ande)r±blayr of bathioke til be oblist
& bundy(n) & be y(ir) my(n) p(rese)nt l(ett)res & ye fatht {\} in my body
lelely & treuly bindis & oblis(s) me til an~ vorchipfule lorde laurens(s)
lorde oliphant my gude broy(er)±i(n)±law {\} in man(er) & form as eft(er)
folovis(s) {,} y^t is to say yat (j) ye said alex(ande)r sal be man~
& s(er)vande til ye saide laurens(s) lorde oly\phant for al ye ty(m)
& spas(s) of fywe (com)pleit (z)er(is) next & i(m)mediat folovande ye dat(e)
of y(ir) my p(rese)nt l(ett)res ande {\} sal ryd & gang" w^t ye saide
lorde & do hy(m) s(er)vic(e) ay & quhen±y^t (j) am chargit as affer(is)
me to do {,} til my lorde & {\} mast(er) aga[n]is(s) al man {,} endorande
y^e tyme forsaide {,} kepande my(n) allegia(n)s til our sou(er)ande
lorde ye kyng" {,} & alsua {\} excepande ye lord boyde to ye±quhilk
(j) haf maide p(ro)mit of±befor {,} and y(ir) my p(rese)nt l(ett)res of
ma(n)randchipe til endure {\} w^t±out reuocacion~ excepcion~ vp#
#gif#yng" or discharging" for al ye ty(m) & spac(e) of fywe (z)er(is)
forsaide (j)n vitnes of {\} ye±quhilke±thing" to y(ir) my(n) p(rese)nt
l(ett)res (j) haf affixt my seil at bathioke ye last day of ye monetht
of maij ye (z)er {\} of god a thousande four hundretht sexty & nyne~
(z)er(is) {\\}